

#TRIBLER SAFE SOFTWARE#
Users with the software share files with each other without a 'listing site' hosting the files. Tribler, though, could render all of the U.S. Other file-sharing sites have also been spooked by this legal action, with QuickSilverScreen also voluntarily shutting down and Filesonic and Fileserve users now being restricted to downloading files they've uploaded themselves. Popular BitTorrent site BTJunkie closed down in the wake of the move. move which led to the arrest of its founder, Kim Dotcom, along with three of his colleagues, who've been charged with racketeering, copyright infringement and money laundering.

Other piracy sites wobbled in the wake of the U.S.

authorities would not work against Tribler. Moves such as the seizure of the Megaupload domain by U.S. 'Tribler is designed to keep BitTorrent alive, even when all torrent search engines, indexes and trackers are pulled offline,' says file-sharing news site Torrentfreak. The judge denied him bail, saying Dotcom's vast wealth meant he could flee the country if released from custody Tribler is a variant on the popular BitTorrent file-sharing software, but is designed specifically to stay online under any circumstances - including attacks by governments and anti-piracy organisations.Īccused: Kim Dotcom at his bail hearing on January 25. Pouwelse of Delft University of Technology. 'The only way to take it down is to take the internet down,' says Dr. Government attempts to knock out file-sharing sites in the battle against music and film piracy could be doomed.Ī new file-sharing software called Tribler cannot be knocked out by governments or anti-piracy organisations, its creators claim. Technology is IMMUNE to government attacks 'To take it down, you have to take down the internet': New file-sharing
